I think the Niners jump out to a lead. Shanahan is a great run game designer and he finds ways to use McCaffrey and Samuel to gash us. We go into half time down by a score. Our offense keeps pace, but the Niners get more possessions than us. They are riding high going into halftime with a score of 20-13
And then Spags adjusts. We come out and put up a TD to tie it. It's back and forth with both defenses shining through the 3rd and early 4th quarter. Mahomes is sacked a few times to kill drives, the Chiefs force a red zone fumble slowing the Niners push. Punts, punts, and more punts. Purdy plays admirably but the pressure mounts and Trent McDuffie gets his first ever INT...a Pick 6. Chiefs by 7. The Niners get the ball back with 7 minutes to play, a make or break drive.
The Niners are driving on a few chunk plays, crossing the 50 with just under 5 minutes to go. The Chiefs get a first down stop on a run play and then a sack on second down. Purdy under heavy pressure from a free blitzer (Sneed) throws another pick to Mike Edwards.
The Chiefs run a brilliant 4 minute clock killing drive ending with a 45+ yard field goal and less than a minute to play.
On the ensuring possession, Chris Jones bats a pass, and then Karlaftis gets a sack on 2nd down. The Niners, out of time outs clock the ball. On 4th down, Purdy has no one to throw to and under immense pressure from the rush scrambles and slides for a first down. But the clock runs out and Brock Purdy turns back into a pumpkin.
Chiefs win 30-20. Travis Kelce catches 8 passes for 105 and a TD against really good coverage from the 49ers Linebackers and wins MVP. Taylor Swift comes onto the field afterward and grouchy old people and non Chiefs fans lose their minds.
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